You pull up to the stoplight, you look over and smirk haughtily as the other driver revs a poky-sounding engine of the plebes. The light changes and you get dusted by Janet from accounting, who’s late for her 11:15. What’s the most underestimated car on the road? More » Read the original post: What’s the most underestimated car on the road? [Question Of The Day] Here is the original:  What’s the most underestimated car on the road? [Question Of The Day]

Today at High Gear Media we review the 2012 Chevy Corvette, and another Saab deal with Chinese automakers falls through. MotoGP driver Marco Simoncelli dies during the weekend and Subaru is dropping the Impreza name on the next-generation WRX. All this and more in today’s car new, right here on The Car Connection. Saab can see the white light… Read the original post: Marco Simoncelli Dead, 2012 Chevrolet Corvette, Saab Story: Car News Headlines

The boys over at Camaro5 have managed to snag a copy of the official 2012 Camaro ZL1 Dealer Reference Guide. The 18-page reference book for dealers to order the bowtie badge-bedecked brand’s new insanely fast muscle car gives up all the details we haven’t already liberated from the clutches of Chevrolet engineers ourselves. More » Read more from the original source: 2012 Camaro ZL1: All the details, specs, options [2012 Camaro ZL1] Original post: 2012 Camaro ZL1: All the details, specs, options [2012 Camaro ZL1]

The boys over at Camaro5 have managed to snag a copy of the official 2012 Camaro ZL1 Dealer Reference Guide. The 18-page reference book for dealers to order the bowtie badge-bedecked brand’s new insanely fast muscle car gives up all the details we haven’t already liberated from the clutches of Chevrolet engineers ourselves. More » Read more from the original source: 2012 Camaro ZL1: All the details, specs, options [2012 Camaro ZL1] See the rest here:  2012 Camaro ZL1: All the details, specs, options [2012 Camaro ZL1]

Almost nothing provides cheap and light power to cars like a transplanted motorcycle engine. Here are the three- and four-wheeled production vehicles Jalopnik readers think are the ten most awesome motorcycle-engined cars. More » See the original post: The ten most awesome motorcycle-engined cars [Video] Read more from the original source: The ten most awesome motorcycle-engined cars [Video]

Almost nothing provides cheap and light power to cars like a transplanted motorcycle engine. Here are the three- and four-wheeled production vehicles Jalopnik readers think are the ten most awesome motorcycle-engined cars. More » See the original post:  The ten most awesome motorcycle-engined cars [Video] Read the original here: The ten most awesome motorcycle-engined cars [Video]

The sixth generation of the BMW 3 Series celebrated its début in Munich last Friday. The whole world was able to attend the presentation in the BMW plant and BMW Welt live, via Facebook. The BMW Group’s most important volume model will be taking off at the beginning of February 2012. The launch campaign for the new BMW 3 Series underlines the sportily dynamic positioning of the vehicle, coupled with maximum efficiency and impressive design. Across all sales channels, the campaign consistently shows sportiness and passion as the central themes. The first online measures can already be viewed at www.bmw.com and www.facebook.com/bmw . The online description on the BMW website provides all the information about the vehicle. Alongside details about the design of the vehicle, handling, efficiency, comfort and safety, the BMW lines are also presented. The new BMW 3 Series saloon is appearing initially in the BMW lines Sport, Luxury and Modern. In a BMW TV special, exterior and interior designers explain every facet of the vehicle. On Facebook, the new BMW 3 Series can be individually configured in the three equipment lines, paint colours and wheel rim design and can be viewed in a 360-degree image. The configured vehicle can then be posted and shared with friends. The worldwide campaign will also start in print media and TV at the beginning of February. “With the campaign for the launch of the new BMW 3 Series, we have created a concept that is consistent through all the channels and offers our markets plenty of possibilities for adaptation”, says Andreas-Christoph Hofmann, Head of BMW Brand Communication. “The launch campaign also integrates the fully hybrid model BMW ActiveHybrid 3, which will be appearing in the market in autumn 2012, and shows the connection between the sporty character and outstanding efficiency through the new combustion engines through to the innovative BMW ActiveHybrid drive technology”. The print advertisements, which also focus on the theme of sporting passion, work with a dynamic, artistic approach in the visual language and pick up the sporting spirit in the text too. With “VERSUS”, a term that is taken directly from the world of sport, the adverts humorously underline the functions of the new BMW...

The sixth generation of the BMW 3 Series celebrated its début in Munich last Friday. The whole world was able to attend the presentation in the BMW plant and BMW Welt live, via Facebook. The BMW Group’s most important volume model will be taking off at the beginning of February 2012. The launch campaign for the new BMW 3 Series underlines the sportily dynamic positioning of the vehicle, coupled with maximum efficiency and impressive design. Across all sales channels, the campaign consistently shows sportiness and passion as the central themes. The first online measures can already be viewed at www.bmw.com and www.facebook.com/bmw . The online description on the BMW website provides all the information about the vehicle. Alongside details about the design of the vehicle, handling, efficiency, comfort and safety, the BMW lines are also presented. The new BMW 3 Series saloon is appearing initially in the BMW lines Sport, Luxury and Modern. In a BMW TV special, exterior and interior designers explain every facet of the vehicle. On Facebook, the new BMW 3 Series can be individually configured in the three equipment lines, paint colours and wheel rim design and can be viewed in a 360-degree image. The configured vehicle can then be posted and shared with friends. The worldwide campaign will also start in print media and TV at the beginning of February. “With the campaign for the launch of the new BMW 3 Series, we have created a concept that is consistent through all the channels and offers our markets plenty of possibilities for adaptation”, says Andreas-Christoph Hofmann, Head of BMW Brand Communication. “The launch campaign also integrates the fully hybrid model BMW ActiveHybrid 3, which will be appearing in the market in autumn 2012, and shows the connection between the sporty character and outstanding efficiency through the new combustion engines through to the innovative BMW ActiveHybrid drive technology”. The print advertisements, which also focus on the theme of sporting passion, work with a dynamic, artistic approach in the visual language and pick up the sporting spirit in the text too. With “VERSUS”, a term that is taken directly from the world of sport, the adverts humorously underline the functions of the new BMW...

The Basics: Returning for the 2012 model year with no changes, the Lincoln MKT continues to be a cult-following crossover that draws in a few fans along with lots of puzzling looks. The styling could hardly be more polarizing. It’s already a big vehicle, but the MKT is brash about its size, from the baleen scale of its huge winged grille, to the… Read the rest here: 2012 Lincoln MKT

The Basics: While Lincoln plans its future around a new lineup of vehicles, today’s upscale Fords have been criticized for being just that–lightly upgraded versions of cars and crossovers you can get somewhere else, for less. The 2012 Lincoln MKZ doesn’t escape that judgement, but like Lexus and Toyota before it, Ford’s figured out how to make… Read the original post: 2012 Lincoln MKZ

Be on the lookout for the Buick Grand National and truck pictured above. It’s owned by a member of the TurboBuick.com forums and was was apparently stolen this weekend in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Details below. More » See more here: Help us find this stolen Buick Grand National [Cotomer Sevis] See the original post:  Help us find this stolen Buick Grand National [Cotomer Sevis]

Be on the lookout for the Buick Grand National and truck pictured above. It’s owned by a member of the TurboBuick.com forums and was was apparently stolen this weekend in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Details below. More » See more here: Help us find this stolen Buick Grand National [Cotomer Sevis] Read more here: Help us find this stolen Buick Grand National [Cotomer Sevis]

The Basics: The Buick Enclave was the first vehicle to signal a sea change at the GM brand. A replacement for Rendezvous and Rainier SUVs, the Enclave crossover was pitched directly at luxury-car owners who wanted something pretty, luxurious–and American. The Enclave may have been the beginning of the renaissance at Buick that now includes a new… View original here:  2012 Buick Enclave

Probably one of the best looking and best performing small wagon’s on the road, the Audi RS3, is pitted against the new BMW 1 Series M Coupe in Fifth Gear’s latest duel. As it seems in some of the most recent vehicle tests, everyone wants their shot to compete against the BMW 1 M Coupe as if it is a performance benchmark. Actually, BMW is known for being the benchmark setter and the new 1 Series M Coupe should be no different since it brings back some of BMW’s light-and-nimble sports car history. Check out how well the 335 horsepower hot hatchbacks fair’s against each other below with Mark Higgins and Tiff Needell at the helm. [source: BMWBlog ] The rest is here: Fifth Gear Video: Audi RS3 vs. BMW 1 Series M Coupe Read the original post: Fifth Gear Video: Audi RS3 vs. BMW 1 Series M Coupe

As many as 100 bus drivers for the Detroit Department of Transportation aren’t being paid an average of $12 an hour to sit around and do nothing. They’re being paid $12 an hour to sit around and watch TV, play cards and read newspapers. More » Originally posted here: Detroit bus drivers paid to do nothing [Detroit] More: Detroit bus drivers paid to do nothing [Detroit]